[eyedigress]

That is a very sad thing to read. The only thing I had to worry about in 4th grade was long division and making sure I was done to catch Lost in Space.

My parents never checked up on me. (As I thought) They trusted me to get it done.

[blam]

"The only thing I had to worry about in 4th grade was long division and making sure I was done to catch Lost in Space. "

Ha! Lost In Space? We didn't have TV when I was in the 4th grade.

[Tired of Taxes]

That was one of my favorite shows, too. “Run, Will Robinson! Run!” LOL.

Times have changed, but people did the wrong things in the old days, too. I think we were oblivious to it when we were kids, and our parents tried to protect us, to preserve our innocence: They didn’t tell us.

My mother would tell me things, though, when I hit the teen years. Secrets about friends and family, things that happened in her neighborhood when she was growing up, and so on. Those “good ol’ days” were not as good as we remember them.